Carlos Piles was a member of the Holcim Awards winning team for “CASTonCAST: Efficient fabrication system for geometrically complex building elements” which received the “Next Generation” 1st prize for Europe in 2011 and Global Innovation 3rd prize in 2012.

He holds a Bachelor of Architecture (2008) from the Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Spain; a Master of Architecture & Urbanism (2011) from the Design Research Laboratory, Architectural Association (AA) School of Architecture, London, UK; and is studying an MBA at the International Institute for Management Development (IMB) Lausanne, Switzerland.

He was an architect/computational designer at Zaha Hadid Architects, London (2011-12), architect at Skidmore Owings & Merrill, London (2012-14), and a senior architect/senior computational designer at NBBJ, London (2014-15) before commencing with Holcim (2016– ) as a strategic consultant.